1. English Bible — 2023-09-25 23:57:13

   …s eventually caught Tyndale was found guilty of heresy and executed by strangulation then burned at the stake. His last words were "Lord! Open the King of England's eyes". Born in [[Gloucestershire]] William Tyndale is remembered as an “Archit…

2. Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07

   …xt room. Bell drew up a plan for the telephone and they continued to experiment. The next day he transmitted the famous words, "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you!" A few months later on Feb. 14, 1876, he applied for a patent on his telephone. --…

3. Sewing Machine — 2021-08-11 11:41:32

   … right next to the Howe exhibit. Thus visitors to the celebration were confronted with a gigantic Howe display with the words "Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine 1846" emblazoned across the façade. Next to it, on a smaller stand, was ju…
   …st one machine that replica and the words Thomas Saint, inventor of the sewing machine, 1790. */ == Links == [[http://ismacs.net/sewing_machine_articles/who_in…

4. USA anthem — 2021-08-09 22:14:22

   …ith composed music for the society's constitutional song entitled **To Anacreon in Heaven** (The Anacreontic Song). The words were by **Ralph Tomlinson** (1744–1778). The song became popular in Britain and America following the establishment …

5. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

   …'' ) and secondly, obstructing such a run by hacking (kicking an opponent in the shins), tripping and holding (in other words fouling). Legend has it that one day in 1823, a senior school boy called **William Webb Ellis** elected to run with th…

6. Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10

   … sucking on it hard. When he turned over the cloth, it was filthy from the dust that had been trapped in it. In his own words, he had invented the 'vacuum cleaner'. == 1901 and Puffing Billy == {{Image url="Booth1stvacuum.jpg" title="Booth's Pu…

7. Shakespeare — 2020-08-21 08:52:48

   …akespeare birthplace" width="400" }} === Pushing English === Shakespeare **invented** over 1700 of our common English words by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefi…
   …xes and suffixes, and devising new words and coining many now-common expressions. {{Tag ids="Poet Playwright Actor "}}…

8. Linoleum — 2020-08-17 08:43:03

   …phate. When he mastered his //recipe// he took out a patent eventually calling it **Linoleum**, derived from the Latin words “linum” (“flax”) and “oleum” (“oil”). == Production == {{Image url="LinoleumStaines.jpg" class="right"…

9. English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55

   …anguage spreads it gets altered, for better or worse, as in the USA. American English has changed the spelling of some words so it is different to the rest of the world, but British English is the 'Official' English of international organisatio…

10. Salvation Army — 2016-01-07 15:19:48

    …ople" and "We are a volunteer army". The Salvation Army was modeled after the military, with its own hymns, often with words set to popular tunes. The Army visited and sung in the pubs, as they still do, to raise money and recruit. == Onward C…

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